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Instructions for Reading Seed Lending Library

Follow this link to the Reading Seed Lending Library’s online catalog.

Click on the words “Reading Seed” in blue in the center of the screen. You will see a welcome message. Click the “Login” button in the upper right hand corner. Enter your user name.  This is your first initial and your last name.  Use only lower case letters.

For example:  Jane Doe would have the user name of jdoe.

Enter your password. Your password is the seven digit phone number that you gave us when you signed up to be a coach or volunteer. Do not include the hyphen or area code. Hit enter and the screen should now have your name at the top right.

If you have any trouble logging in, please call us at 798-0700 or email us at library@readingseed.org.

Yes! The catalog can be browsed without logging in. You only need to login if you want to be able to put books on hold. If you do not have a Lending Library login, please contact our Library Manager at library@literacyconnects.org or call the office at 798-0700 to get entered into our system. The Lending Library is available to Reading Coaches and other literacy providers, as well as to teachers, homeschooling parents and librarians.

First you must login. Once you have done so successfully, your name will come up in the upper right corner of the screen. When you find a title you want to request, click on the title and another screen will come up that has additional information about the book.  On the right side of the screen you will find a button that says “Hold it.” Click on the Hold it! button and then go back to the catalog to search some more.

Yes. That is one of the things that makes the Lending Library so unique.  First go to the Lending Library catalog and enter a topic in the “Find” box. This should be something your student is interested in. It could be anything from dinosaurs to dogs to fairies. Now move down the screen and click on the drop down menu next to Reading Programs. Click on Fountas & Pinnell and then specify which levels you want the catalog to search. Go back up and click on keyword and you will get a list of books on that particular topic that are at those specific reading levels. Call the Lending Library at Reading Seed if you have questions.

You can work from levels assigned to the books that your student is able to read and from that, you can figure out the Fountas & Pinnell level as well as others. Remember, no system is 100% accurate. Search for books in a range around your student’s level for best results. Click here to view a detailed Reading Level Comparison Chart.

If you coach at or work for one of the public school districts, the books can be delivered directly to your school within a week via interoffice mail. If you are at a charter or private school, you may need to pick up your books between 8 am and 4 pm at Reading Seed, 1920 E. Silverlake Rd., Suite 207. Click here for a map.